on 10/11/00 9:42 AM, Frederick M. Spinner at fspinner@hotmail.com wrote:
> All perpetuating old modes is going to do for AMSAT is keep
> people from using the birds. It used to take a fairly substantial
> antenna setup and a moderate amount of power (10W on 70cm usually didn't cut
> it) to work AO-13 at apogee (or for most of its pass),
> and that kept many from ever using the bird.
Interesting. I've worked AO-10 at apogee with about 10 to 20 Watts. I have
a hard time believing AO-13 was worse than AO-10.
Then again, I'm not an alligator.
73,
Jon
NA9D
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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
Member: ARRL, AMSAT, DXCC, NRA
http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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